More than a quarter of a million pre-foreclosures and notices of pending foreclosure auctions were filed nationwide in the first quarter, a rise of 22.5% from the level recorded in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to ForeclosureS.com, a Fair Oaks, Calif.-based investment advisory firm.The 253,803 filings, up from 207,128 in the fourth quarter, don't include more than 110,000 now-vacant properties that were lost to foreclosure during the same period, the company said. Noting the recent turmoil in the subprime market, the company said the result is that "financially strapped homeowners now have even fewer bailout options." Alexis McGee, president of the firm, said the foreclosure numbers "cast a dark cloud over the American dream of homeownership" that "isn't likely to lift anytime soon." The company can be found online at http://www.foreclosures.com.
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Doxo plans to fight the FTC complaint, which focuses broadly on consumer finance, but there are signs of confusion about the company's role in mortgages too.
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Members of the LGBTQ community were most likely to have experienced housing bias, according to a Zillow survey, which also found many people don't recognize how fair lending laws could help.
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Senior executives making over $151,000 would still be subject to such clauses should the rule go into effect this year.
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Christopher J. Gallo and his aide, Mehmet A. Elmas, allegedly withheld information in mortgage applications, hiding that borrowers were purchasing second home properties.
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Mortgage rates rose 7 basis points this week, Freddie Mac said, and more increases are likely following a weaker than expected gross domestic product report.
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Independent mortgage bankers lost the most money ever on every loan originated last year due to higher rates and lower volumes, an industry trade group said.
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